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Sensory loss, dementia, and environments

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Author: Bakker, R.

Type: Journal Article

Year: 2003

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Bakker evaluates the relevance of good environment, like interesting sights, smells, sounds, tastes, and tactile sensations, in increasing functional abilities and comfort of people with dementia. She discusses the key environmental elements that encourage people interacting in healthy ways with objects and spaces. Her examination is based from her experience with her father who has Alzheimer's disease. The key environmental elements include familiar sights, depth perception, contrast sensitivity, stressing sounds, designs for bathing comfort and improving pleasant smells.